Subj : Virtual Modem for a DOS BBS
To   : stizzed
From : alterego
Date : Mon Jun 22 2020 10:15:15

  Re: Virtual Modem for a DOS BBS
  By: stizzed to All on Sun Jun 21 2020 09:39 am

 st> Id like to get NetSerial working as its the only free option and looks
 st> like a much better app than the others. Any thoughts or suggestions for a
 st> fix for Netserial or another free (or at least cheaper) app would be
 st> greatly appreciated.  Please note that Spitfire is not fossil aware so I
 st> dont think I will be able to get it running under Mystic or Netfoss and
 st> net3bbs. 

Is NetSerial free now?

I've used it in the past, but with limited success.

Depending on what is your windows server (physical/virtual), you could plug into the serial port and use tcpser from another device. IIRC there may also be a compile of tcpser for windows, but you probably need to use it with a (software) null modem like comm0comm. Otherwise you can do all that on linux, even using a Pi.

One of the problems with the "telnet to serial port" is while it generally works for interactive sessions, if you are wanting to enable downloads (via zmodem for example), or mailer (that does zmodem transfers) then you will likly have issues - either because the telnet stream is not 8 bit, or because of timeouts due to the large TCP window and the slow emulated serial port speed.

Good luck though, curious to know how it works out...

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